Making Chaos Manageable“No innovation matters morethan that which saves lives”

Avelino J. Cruz, Jr., Secretary of National Defense of the Philippineson the use of Sahana following disastrous mudslides in 2005

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Sahana Software Foundation

☀ Established in 2009 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

☀ Mission: To save lives by providing information management solutions that enable organizations and communities to better prepare for and respond to disasters.

☀ SSF develops free and open source software that solves concrete problems and brings efficiencies to disaster response coordination between governments, aid organizations, civil society and disaster survivors.

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The Historic Trigger: 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami

☀ At least 226,000 dead☀ Up to 5 million people

lost their homes, or access to food and water

☀ 1 million people left without a means to make a living

☀ At least $7.5 billion in the cost of damages

“Facts and Figures: Asian Tsunami Disaster”New Scientist, 20 January 2005

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Sahana first deployed for Sri Lanka tsunami response

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Disaster Experience● 2013: Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda● 2012: Hurricane Sandy, Chile Wildfires● 2011: Joplin Tornado, Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami,

Christchurch Earthquake, Colombia Floods● 2010: Venezuela Floods, Veracruz Hurricane, Pakistan

Floods, Chile Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake● 2008: Chengdu-Sitzuan Earthquake, Cyclone Nargis

(Myanmar), Bihar Flooding (India)● 2007: Ica Earthquake (Peru), Cyclone Sidr● 2006: Yogjakarta Earthquake,● 2005: Philippine Landslides, Kashmir Earthquake● 2004: Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami

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Sahana leading the “New Information Environment”New information and communication technologies, new information providers, and new international communities of interest emerged during the Haiti earthquake response that will forever change how humanitarian information is collected, shared, and managed. Humanitarian responders used social networking media, mobile phone text messaging, open source software applications, and commercial satellite imagery more than ever before. Outside of the established international humanitarian community, volunteers and participatory reporters from the affected population became new sources of data and information. Humanitarian organizations, host governments, and the donor community will all need to adapt to this new information environment.

US Department of State Humanitarian Information Unit, White Paper: Haiti Earthquake: Breaking New Ground in the Humanitarian Information Landscape, July 2010

New partners are offering faster, more effective means of analyzing an ever-increasing volume and velocity of data. The challenge ahead is how to create an effective interface between these resources, and create an eco-system where each actor understands its role. It will not be easy. Volunteer and technical communities (V&TCs) like OpenStreetMap, Sahana and CrisisMappers approach problems in ways that challenge the status quo.

UN Foundation, Disaster Relief 2.0:The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies, 2011

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TestimonialsFaced with disaster situations, like those lived by [Chile] in the last days, the need for information becomes imperative. With this Smart Center, we can significantly reduce response times for the persons that search, and optimize volunteer work.Lorenza Donoso, President of the Chilean Red Cross on the Sahana Eden-based Smart Center solution,

used in response to wildfires in early 2012

Sahana [Eden] is blowing my mind. I can’t think of any project we’ve done that we couldn’t build on this platform.

@CDRP_FSU (Center for Disaster Risk Policy at Florida State University), 2012

No innovation matters more than that which saves lives.Avelino J. Cruz, Jr., Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines on the use of Sahana following

disastrous mudslides in 2005

The Sahana Software Foundation’s commitment to supporting grassroots, community-led organizing endeavors has been astounding.

Devin Balkind,, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Sarapis Foundation on the Sahana Software Foundation’s response to Hurricane Sandy, 2013

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Partners, Users & Sponsors☀ International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)☀ Los Angeles County Department of Public Health☀ City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department☀ City of New York Office of Emergency Management☀ US National Library of Medicine☀ European Commission Humanitarian Aid Corps☀ Timor Leste National Disaster Operations Center☀ Asia Disaster Preparedness Center☀ Philippines Government: DSWD☀ UN World Food Programme☀ Nepal Government: DHM☀ Bombeiros (Portugal)☀ LirneAsia☀ Google & IBM

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Awards and Honors☀ Computerworld Honors Laureate in

Human Services, 2013

☀ Gartner “Cool Vendor” in Risk Management & Compliance, 2010

☀ Public Private Businesses Inc. Best Practices Award, 2010

☀ Free Software Foundation Award for Social Benefit, 2006

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Screenshots of Sahana Deployments

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People LocatorUS National Library of Medicine

United States2009-present

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Project Portal

www.drrprojects.net Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)

Asia Pacific Region - 2010-present

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Resource Management System

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Global - 2011-present

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Give2LACity of Los Angeles

Emergency Management DepartmentUSA - 2011-present

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Disaster Management Portal

National Disaster Operations Center Timor Leste - 2013-present

(Under Development)

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Community Resilience Mapping Tool

Los Angeles Department of Public HealthUSA - 2013-present

(Under Development)

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Sandy ReliefOccupy Sandy

and other Community Based OrganizationsNew York City

2012-2013

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Hurricane Sandy Response

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Requests… Meals, Supplies, Volunteers

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Sandy Relief Site

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Human Impact

http://bit.ly/EdenGeoNYC

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Super Typhoon YolandaPhilippines

2013-present

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Freedom to use, analyze, modify and re-distributeAvailable for everybody at no cost

Open for research and developmentCollaboratively developed by a Global community

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Free and Open Source Software Projects

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